Ironing-board and plaiting-m ach ine



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IEONING BOARD AND PLAITING MACHINE. No. 344,805.

llllllm WITNESSES (No Model.)

UNHED STATES ATENT rrrcno IOWA.

lRONlNG-BOARD AND PLAlTlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 344,805, dated July 6,1886.

Application filed January 27, 1885. Serial No. 154,147. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES RoDoLPrr BELANSKI and I{ANOVER Prrrs,citizens of the United States, residing at Nora Springs, in the countyof Floyd and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Ironing-Boards and Plaiting-Machines, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

Our invention relates to an improvement in combined ironing boards andplaiting -n1achines; and it consists in the peculiar construction andcombination of parts, that will be more fully set forth hereinafter, andpar-. ticularly pointed out in the claims.

The object of our invention is to provide a device that is adapted to beused as a shirt bosom ironing-board on one side and as aplaiting-machine on its reverse side.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of our device asadapted for use as an ironing-board. Fig. 2 is a similar view of thereverse or plaiting side.

A represents a shirt-bosom ironing-board, which is provided with theprojecting reduced rounded end 13, to pass through the collar. of theshirt. From the rear end of the board project the metallic extensions 0,in between which is pivoted a stretcher, D, as at E, The extensions aresecured to the board by suitable screws, and are let into the board soas to be flush with its sides. extensions are rounded, and the roundedend of one of them is provided with ratchet-teeth F. A slot, d, is madein the interior of the stretcher, and in this slot is secured aspringwire pawl, G, which engages with the ratchetteeth and secures thestretcher at any desired point. In one edge of the stretcher is made anopen slot, (1, in which is inserted one end of the shirt to be ironed.of wood, H, is then inserted in the open slot, and secures the fabrictherein, while the ratchet-teeth and pawl enable the stretcher to besecured after it has drawn the shirt to any requisite tightness. A hook,I, is pivoted on the under side of the end 13, and is adapted to enteran opening, J, that is made in the board,

The rear ends of these A wedge-shaped piece and secure the under side ofthe shirt-collar against slipping when the shirt is stretched. Strips KL are secured on opposite sides of the board and project beyond theplaiting side thereof. The strip K is permanently secured by means ofscrews M, while the strip or side L is provided with the Z-shaped slotsN, through which the screws 0 pass. When the screws are in the lowerarms of the slots, the strip or side L is raised above the plaiting sideof the board, so as to form a side therefor, as shown in solid lines inFig. 2, and when the strip or side is moved so as to bring the screws inthe upper arms of the slots its upper side will be on a line with theplaiting side of the board, so as to permit the needles 1 to be insertedinto the keepers R during the operation of plaiting, which is proceededwith in the common way well known to those skilled in the art. On theprojecting side of the strip or side K is inscribed a scale of inches,S, by which the plaiting may be measured as it is being performed.

The operation of our invention will be readily understood from theforegoing description and by reference to the accompanying drawings.

A combined ironing-board and plaiting-ma chine thus constructed can bemanufactured and sold very cheaply, and possesses advantages ofsimplicity and efficiency, and is very conveniently and easily handled.

Having thus described our invention, we claim 1. The herein-describedcombined ironingboard and plaiting-machine, comprising the board A,having one side made plain for use as an ironing-surface, keepers on theopposite side of the board for the reception of the plaiting-needles,the stretcher at one end of the board, a hook or catch at the oppositeend, the rigid side or strip K, and the adjustable side or strip L, asset forth.

2. The board A having one side made plain for use as an ironing-surface,keepers secured to the opposite side of the board for the recep tion ofthe plaiting-needles, and the stretcher located at one end of the board,as set forth.

3. The herein-described combined ironingboard and planting-machine,comprising the board A, having one side made plain for use as anironing-surface, keepers on the opposite side of the board for thereception of the 5 plaiting-needles, the stretcher at one end of theboard, the rigid side or strip K, and the adjustable side or strip L, asset forth.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as CHARLES RODOLPH BELANSKI.HANOVER IIITS.

Witnesses:

J. B. REYNoLEs, HARRY B. SHAW.

